Peerfactor asks Internet users to distribute on P2P networks (KaZaA, eMule, Morpheus, etc.) music, films, software or video games. The files are fakes and may contain an extract or a trial version of a copyrighted work.

The goal is to “trap” Internet users who try to download illegal contents on P2P networks. When they try to open a PeerFactor file they have downloaded, they will be automatically redirected to an authorized web site, where they can buy a legal version of the product they wanted to steal.

Each time that a P2P user is redirected to a legal Web site, and each time that someone legally buys a product, the Peerfactor member being at the origin of this redirection or this purchase gets a commission.

Since the launch of the programme, in early April, thousands of people applied to become member of the scheme.

From L’Expansion.